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Three Buckets of Small Business Attention
By
Katie Vlietstra
, Contributor
Small business advocate
The small business community, including self-employed and micro-businesses, welcomed a major benefit this tax year: a new, streamlined IRS home office standardized deduction.
SMALL BUSINESS
Women and the Small Business Workforce
By
Katie Vlietstra
, Contributor
Small business advocate
Just as women face challenges at leading companies and within its ranks, the situation is strikingly similar among the small business community. Again, women are a growing and dominant group among the self-employed, but encounter challenges in opening and growing their own small business.
SMALL BUSINESS
Passing the Health Care Buck
By
Katie Vlietstra
, Contributor
Small business advocate
The addition of this new health care tax will add to the operating costs of the small business community in Washington, D.C. It's not unreasonable to assume that this new tax on health insurance carriers is going to be passed along to the individual policyholder's premium costs.
SMALL BUSINESS
Will You Support Your Favorite Small Business?
By
Katie Vlietstra
, Contributor
Small business advocate
The bottom-line: America's small business community continues to play on an unfair and unequal field when contrasted with their corporate counterparts.
SMALL BUSINESS
Encouraging Self-Employment Should Be a Focal Point of the New Small Business Administrator
By
Katie Vlietstra
, Contributor
Small business advocate
Our nation's smallest businesses -- the self-employed and micro-businesses -- represent the heart and soul of America's middle class. Yet, America's small businesses face critical challenges that prevent them from opening, growing and expanding.
SMALL BUSINESS
Stop Playing Chicken With America's Future
By
Kristie Arslan
, Contributor
Small Business Owner & Expert
America's self-employed and micro business owners are hard-working individuals who put their blood, sweat and tears into their work. All they want to do is be successful. Congress, the Administration and state governments should do everything in their power to help them achieve success.
SMALL BUSINESS
State of the Union: A "Level Playing Field" Must Include the Self-Employed Agenda
By
Kristie Arslan
, Contributor
Small Business Owner & Expert
If the President and Congress are really serious about ensuring a fair tax code, they'll take action on the tax and other policy changes that level the playing field for the foundation of the American economy: the self-employed.
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